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title: אֵבוּס — crib · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֵבוּס (18), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: crib. BDB 1906: n.m. crib. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֵבוּס

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«אֵבוּס» in the Tanakh dictionary: **crib** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 3 times · **Key:** 18 · **BDB:** אֵבוּס

### Glosses

\[the\].feeding.trough (1); the.feeding.trough (1); trough (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

crib [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/18/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. crib [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/18/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Pr 14:4 crib (= feeding-trough, on form v. Ges§ 84 a 12. R.) of ass Is 1:3 (cstr.); oxen Pr 14:4 (abs.); אִם־יָלִין עַל־אֲבוֶּס֑ךָ Jb 39:9 (of wild-ox).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אֵבוּס» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/18/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 39:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.39.9/)

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הֲיֹ֣אבֶה רֵּ֣יםעָבְדֶ֑ךָ אִם־יָ֝לִ֗ין עַל־אֲבוּסֶֽךָ׃

*Word for word:* is it.willing? a.wild.ox to serve.you or? will.it.pass.the.night at trough your.feeding

*JPS 1917:* Will the wild-ox be willing to serve thee? Or will he abide by thy crib?

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[Proverbs 14:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.14.4/)

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בְּאֵ֣ין אֲ֭לָפִים אֵב֣וּס בָּ֑ר וְרָב־תְּ֝בוּא֗וֹת בְּכֹ֣חַ שֽׁוֹר׃

*Word for word:* when there.\[are\].not cattle(s) \[the\].feeding.trough \[is\].clean and abundance of.produce(s) \[is\].by.\[the\] strength of.an.ox

*JPS 1917:* Where no oxen are, the crib is clean; but much increase is by the strength of the ox.

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